WOF 2017#03: Coupe Icare & Marathon d´Ardeche
Aerial Aerobatic: Paragliding
Coupe Icare 2016
Saint Hilaire du Trouvet, France
All flying things gather every year at the Icarus Cup (Coupe Icare), this is the 43d time that the French towns of Saint-Hilaire-du-Touvet and Lumbin welcome the most beautiful and renowned event for gliders, paragliders, hang-gliders, hot air balloons… the highlight of it all being the I-Carnaval, with all sorts of crazy costumes…
Pilots and spectators come from far away to be part of this great air party;emotions, sensations, surprises, this is the Icarus Cup!
Watersports: Wildwater Paddling
Marathon d´Ardeche
Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France
About 2.000 whitewater athletes gather in the French Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes region every year, where the international canyons marathon has been going for the past 30 years. Canoes, kayaks, solos, duos or up to 12 people per boat are competing for the championships. And since this 32d edition also the booming standup paddleboarding;